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EU refutes French claims Iran negotiators are split

The EU on Wednesday refuted French claims the six nations negotiating with Iran over its nuclear programme have voiced different positions to Russia, reports Reuters. EU foreign affairs spokesman Mann said the group - United States, Russia, France, Germany, China and Britain - "has been united and is still united".

Central European countries say they have "nothing to hide" on rule of law issues - while justice commissioner Vera Jourova said they should agree to the Commission's controversial budget plans on rule of law conditionality.

Giovanni Buttarelli, the European data protection supervisor, says the EU-US data sharing pact known as Privacy Shield will play an increasingly minor role given the general data protection regulation.